No More Mr. Lucky

Randall Bramblett

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 24, 2001)
• Original Release Date: July 10, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: New West Records
• ASIN: B00005LVY4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #113,139 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Nothing in Randall Bramblett's resumé (Southern rockers Sea Level, sideman to Steve Winwood) will prepare you for the brilliance of No More Mr. Lucky. In the tradition of great Southern writers like Faulkner and Harry Crews, Bramblett melds God, Man, and Nature in a manner that is simultaneously laid-back and intense--only a Southern writer could write a song called "Sunflower" without making it effete. Too, it is unlikely that a Yankee would come up with such an obvious explanation of the Human Condition as: "First He made the mountains / Then He filled up the sea / He lost His concentration / Workin' on you and me." Bramblett tosses off such lines with wry sincerity but none of the precious self-consciousness often found in the singer-songwriter world. Add the 3-D production by John Keane that places the sound in front of your speakers rather than in them and you have a record that magnificently updates the soulful sound of the South. --Michael Ross

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh My Soul, July 31, 2001

By	R. C. Shipley (detroit, MI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Randall Bramblett's new CD is tasty ear-candy indeed...soulful Morphine-like deep baritone sax interludes/grinding B3 Hammond riffs/superb, hot, tex-flavored guitars streaking all over-fuzzy and warm...great fluctuating rythmns from a cracker-jack group of backup players...each complementing the most important highlight of the mix-Bramblett's slightly harsh throaty straight-from-the-gut vocals:) Whether its bluesy or jazzy or rockin or heart-felt singer/songwriter tunesmithing, it all reflects the veteran musicianship that exemplifies Bramblett and this delightful group of band cronies...you can't sit still listening to this stuff-you'll be shuffling around the room, boppin your head, weaving your feet around the floor and trying to be one with the music cause it's about as GOOD AS IT'S EVER GONNA GET!-those familiar with Bramblett's roots know what I'm saying: and it's time for the rest of you to get experienced and become a Vague Child walking... No Disappearing Ink here--->this is the real thing Honeychild:)

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where Southern Music Went, August 17, 2003

By	Randy Blythe "RBlythe" (Birmingham, Alabama USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Bramblett undoubtedly had the seed capability of producing music of this breadth, maturity, and integrity way back when, in Goose Creek and Sea Level, or later in the nineties touring with Traffic. But it just as undoubtedly took years of experience living and playing to come up with No More Mr. Lucky. I found this album through hearing Bramblett sing "My Turn" off of Roger Glover's Snapshot (another great record, by the way) on Auburn, AL college radio (another question: Where has radio gone?). No More Mr. Lucky lives up to the most demanding expectations. It is, in my opinion, where Southern music could have gone had many excellent musicians not been diverted into the commercial, the derivative, the self-indulgent, or the bastardized. "God Was in the Water" and "Hard to Be a Human" are pretty typical of the whole, dealing with wit and wry humor with those questions of life and/or theology only hard livers or good fishermen can come to. "Get In Get Out" is a jive-... tour-de-force, as rhythmically and sonically current and probably better than anything you can find at your local Tower or Wherehouse or whatever. And so on. There's not a bad cut on the record. Davis Causey's tastefully atmospheric guitar work, the solidly-funky rhythm section of Joe Bonadio on drums and Michael Rhodes on bass, and Bramblett's consummately professional keyboard and sax work (not to mention his well-seasoned voice that moans and coaxes and inflects in a quintessentially deep-South-yet-sophisticated way, avoiding the easy veer off into a drawl) make this the kind of release that fulfills that vision many of us looked for for years--of what great Southern music (or any music, for that matter) could be.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh My!!this stuff is great, August 8, 2001

By	Peter Hires (Ashburnham, Mass.) - See all my reviews

Randall Bramblett touched all the bases with this recording. The music tickles your mind, your heart and your soul. Between the toe tapping and finger thumping you are totally floored by the depth of the lyrics. In fact, throughout the CD you pause to think, what did he mean by that or did you catch those lyrics? It is clearly time that the rest of the world get a good old dose of Randall's music, it is one hell of an elixir for ones spirit. The tapestry this CD weaves from the intrumentation by his rock solid band to Randall's out of sight vocals is Hall of Fame quality. Do yourself a favor, go buy it and be the judge!